My Weekend: Holby City actress Tina Hobley

HOLBY CITY actress Tina Hobley opens up about her weekends in Cotswolds and why she doesn't like to cook in the evenings...

Holby City actress Tina Hobley opens up about MasterChef and her weekends at the Cotswolds[GETTY]

Actress and radio presenter Tina Hobley shot to fame in 1996 when she joined Coronation Street as barmaid Sam Failsworth. She then played Chrissie Williams in Holby City for 12 years, and recently competed in Celebrity MasterChef. She currently presents a show on Smooth Radio. Tina, 43, lives in London and the Cotswolds with her husband, Ollie, and their daughter Olivia, six, four-year-old son Orson and Tina’s daughter from her previous marriage, Isabella, 15.

Even though I have just been on MasterChef, I prefer cooking at breakfast and lunchtime as I am normally tired by the evening!

Tina Hobley

“I spend every weekend away at our family home in the Cotswolds. I love it. I will pick the children up from school, throw some bags into the car and then drive up from London. We are normally there by 7pm and my husband, Ollie, will cook us a nice meal. Even though I have just been on MasterChef, I prefer cooking at breakfast and lunchtime as I am normally tired by the evening!

“On Saturday, we will all get up and go out for a bike ride. We normally go on a trip around a lake near us. There is a lovely farm shop nearby in Daylesford where we will pick up some great food to eat and we will have a wander around. After lunch, the children have swimming lessons and we may even go for a swim ourselves.

“I love Saturday evenings. We tend to stay in and watch a family film together after dinner. I love having barbecues for as long as we can into the autumn. I am very relaxed about bedtime on a Saturday and we have a rule that the children can stay up for as long as they want. Normally I end up carrying them up to bed! Then, Ollie and I might have friends over or watch a box set. We are currently watching House Of Cards. We’ll also crack open a bottle of wine or two.

“On Sunday mornings, we all go for a walk. There is a zip wire course near us and we often go on that. Later on in the afternoon, we start thinking about coming back to London, which is always a big, horrible thing, as we love it so much in the Cotswolds.

“Once back in London in the evening, we will put the kids to bed and then Ollie and I often have a curry to round the weekend off.”

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